M1 stopped traffic J6A–J8

Stopped traffic on the M1 at J6A–J8 on Wednesday 28 October 2026, from 16:15. Cleared at 18:52 after 2 h 37 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 18:52 on 28 Oct 2026, after 2 h 37 min

Location

M1 J6A–J8

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~35 min

Sources

TomTom ×4

Timeline

1. Wed 16:15 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~7 min
2. Wed 16:20 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
3. Wed 16:25 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
4. Wed 16:30 TomTom no longer reports it
5. Wed 16:30 All clear: no source reports it any more
6. Wed 16:40 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~21 min
7. Wed 16:46 TomTom: delay now ~6 min (was ~21), “Queuing traffic”
8. Wed 16:46 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~14 min
9. Wed 16:51 TomTom: delay now ~24 min (was ~6), “Stationary traffic”
10. Wed 17:06 TomTom no longer reports it
11. Wed 17:06 All clear: no source reports it any more
12. Wed 17:07 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~25 min (reported again)
13. Wed 17:16 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
14. Wed 18:37 TomTom: delay now ~10 min (was ~18), “Queuing traffic”
15. Wed 18:47 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
16. Wed 18:52 TomTom no longer reports it
17. Wed 18:52 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Queuing traffic
• Stationary traffic
• Slow traffic

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• M1 crash J9–J10 northboundyesterday 19:33 · cleared after 49 min
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• M1 crash J22–J23 northboundyesterday 14:46 · cleared after 47 min
• M1 crash J20–J21 northboundyesterday 12:30 · cleared after 2 h 51 min
• M1 crash J37–J36 southboundyesterday 08:35 · cleared after 44 min
• M1 stopped traffic J32–J33 northboundyesterday 07:33 · cleared after 1 h 16 min
• M1 crash J8–J9 northboundyesterday 06:00 · cleared after 3 h 31 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M1 J6A and M1 J8.

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